Feather plume.



' J. G. DE GRANDMONT.

FEATHER PLUME. APPLIUQTION TILED IBB.15, 1911.

1,005,959, Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

.IlNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIES G. DE GRANDMONT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FEATHER PLUME.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULES G. DE GRAND- MONT, a citizen of France, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feather Plumes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in the treatment of feather plumes, and broadly consists in a built-up plume provided with a fullness at the tip end thereof.

In practice it has been found that in the treatment of feathers, especially for millinery and similar purposes and particularly with reference to ostrich plumes, the feathers not infrequently are more or less scrawly, especially at the tip ends, even after the individual webs have been properly curled, and oftentimes a thin feather, while very beautiful in itself, loses material value owing to its lack of fullness. Furthermore it is sometimes found that a feather of this character is very beautifully tipped while the webs of the body portion may not be so filled, and vice versa, the body portion may be very beautifully webbed with a more or less thin or defective tip.

The primary object of the present invention, therefore, is to overcome these disadvantages by providing a built-up feather plume having a fullness at its tip end, and specifically consisting of a plurality of feather members united along the main body portions of their stems and having their tip ends free and diverging.

It is obvious that several ways might be employed for unitedly associating the feather-members together, whether they be complete feathers or portions thereof, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details shown and described, for the purpose of disclosure reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating same, in which drawings like characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is an actual reproduction in perspective view looking over the outside of a feather built up in accordance with my invention and showing a plume with an exceedingly full tip. Fig. 2 is a similar view Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 15, 1911.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911. Serial No. 608,764.

in end elevation looking toward the tip. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary diagrammatic inside plan view, with the webs omitted, and showing the arrangement of the diverging tip ends of the stems. Fig. 4 is an exaggerated fragmentary perspective view, the stems being shown in cross section and the arrangement of the flexible wires for supporting the tips being illustrated, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a connection between the quill end of the feather members and the usual supporting wire at the,

quill end of a plume,the illustration in this view simply showing two stems.

It will be understood that the plume may be built up of two or more elements, the complete plume shown in Figs. 1 and 2 being constructed of three feathers consisting of the main body portions of the stems, indicated at 1, 2 and 3, suitably stitched or wrapped, as indicated by the threads 4, for securing the body portions of the stems together substantially their full length, but having their tip ends free or separated and extended in diverging directions, as indicated at 1 2 and 3 In the drawings 1 represents the tip of the inner stem 1, 2 the tip of the central stem, and 3 the tip of the outer or exposed stem, but it is obvious, that while it is advantageous to have the tip 3 of the outer or finishing stem 3 centrally disposed of the relatively diverging tips, still the tips 1 and 2 may be diverged either one side or the other, as desired, in the construction.

5 designates finely wrapped resilient wires for flexibly supporting the delicate tips of the stems, which wires and tips are suitably curled in addition to the individual curling of the webs of the feathers. These wires 5 are secured to the tips by the threads 6.

At the quill end of the feather one of the quill portions may be left intact, preferably the quill corresponding to the outside stem 3, the other quills being cut off adjacent the position where the webs start to form on the stem, or the quills may be cut away on one side and the several quill members secured together.

In Fig. 5 is shown a practical construction in which 7 designates the bent over end of a wire support forming a loop 8 inserted between the stems of a pair of feathers cut away adjacent the quill, the whole being wrapped by threads or wires 9 and may also be covered with a suitable finishing material. It will be observed from this construction, as well as Figs. 3 and 4, that the supporting wires 5, for the tip ends of the feathers, lie within the concavity of the stems, being thereby securely held in position.

Having thus described a practical and preferred embodiment of the invention, the particular features of novelty will now be pointed out more succinctly in the following claims 1. A feather plume consisting of a feather member, comprising the body portion of the plume and provided with a plurality of separated tips, with means flexibly supporting said tips in laterally diverging positions relatively to each other, substantially as described.

2. A built-up feather plume consisting of a plurality of superposed feather members, having their stems united substantially the length of their body portion and provided with separated tips, with means for flexibly supporting said tips in diverging positions relatively to each other, substantially as described.

3. A built-up feather plume consisting of a plurality of superposed feather members; means uniting the main body portions of the stems of said members with the tips freely projecting; flexible wires, within the concavities of said stems, diverging at their ends laterally of the plume, relatively to each other, and curled inwardly; and means securing the tips of said stems to the projecting ends of said wires, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

J ULES Gr. DE GRANDMONT.

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PAUL FULLER, Jr., A. D. l/VEEKEs, J r.

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